Video Creations

This time we had to create two videos using the same music we created for the last project.

The first was again an intentional creation, so I decided to create an animation.

Rosie and Enza:



The second was again random and even more confusing than the last.  I have a drawer full of old bandanas and a few masks.  I gathered them up and spread them all out on my bed.  Then I went down the list of my contacts and called them as I went.  When they answered the call I would ask a one worded question like blue?, or camo?, and death?  If they answered "What?" it was a no, however if they answered anything else, such as "who," "excuse me," or the like it was a yes.  From the list of five items that were chosen I would put them on my face in the order that they were picked.  Then I created another list of effects in Adobe After Effects and went through the same process, which chose the filters for each item that I would put on.

Faces:

Sounds Mix

We took the fives sounds we created and meshed them together into two, one-minute songs.

Intentional, where I mixed the song however I wanted:



Random, this one was a bit more confusing.  I have a cat, and he loves to go outside.  Whenever he cried to go outside I would check the time on the clock, whatever the minutes were, I would count down a list of the effects in Garageband and chose the one it fell on.  The song was split in three parts in order to allow for more effects.



--Max

Five Sounds

We had to make five sounds, each lasting a minute.  Click on the links below to see what each is like.

Brella



Voice



Cut Cassette



Vinyl



Sound Self Portrait



--VMS

Homemade Instrument and the Sound it Makes

A small instrument that I have created using an old umbrella and other materials.

The "instrument" used.  While it did not make what one would call music, the noises were expressions of my inner-self

This instrument that I have constructed is a direct mirror of my preferences and personality.  The umbrella represents how I usually shield myself from trying new things, or giving them a chance before judging them.  It also shows that I do not believe in most superstitions, such as opening an umbrella under a roof is bad luck.  The coil wrapped around the inside of the umbrella’s metal workings represent the tangled mess within my psyche, as I am still trying to find out who I am and what my style of art is.  The small brush-like device represents reason that tries to clean out my defensive ways, yet the harder I brush the more bristles break off.  The small flower in the middle of it all represents the hope that I have for my future.  It is also my safe haven as it represents the love I have for the outdoors as whenever I need to clear my head I always take a walk out in a trail and I come back happier than I left.

Greetings to All!

I hope you will all have a wonderful time as I post more items here.  For now the blog will be mostly about my sound/image class, but soon I hope to post more items concerning to art, animation, and graphic design.

Let the adventure start!

--VMS